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The Present & the Past: What's up in the now & Queering Time Travel Week 2
It's a rainy Thursday afternoon, perfect for curling up with my pup, a cup of tea. Join me as I confront some body shame and ruminate on a queer appearance in "Melmoth the Wanderer."
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Anne Stagg: Erotica, Fiction, Health & Wellness, Poetry, Publication News, Reflections, Reflections & Advocacy, Sexual Wellness
2018 & 2019: A look at what was & a glimpse at what's coming
Hello and Happy New Year. 2018 was a year of community, exploration, joy, and grief. Here's a look at what happened in 2018 and what I'm looking forward to as 2019 unfolds.
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Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Health & Wellness, Lupus (SLE), Mental Health, Reflections, Reflections & Advocacy
Self-care & Managing the Chaos
The resistance needs you, so you need to take care of yourself! Here are 5 ideas for self-care that altogether total 30 minutes. Give one or all of them a try and keep fighting!
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Accidentally Like a Martyr
If only we were in the episode City on the Edge of Forever maybe we would be able to get a peep at what a monumental cluster-fuck our future is going to be and start doing the right fucking thing for a change.
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Fibromyalgia is Real.
I was diagnosed with lupus 10 years ago and fibromyalgia 3 years ago. My reaction to the fibromyalgia diagnosis was incredulous. I am a master’s educated, licensed social worker and my exact words to my rheumatologist were “Isn’t that a made up disease?”
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A Rant
It's okay to want to be healthy. That's how you are supposed to feel.
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Once more…
Life is the last good fight I’ll ever know. It’s beautiful and brutal, heartbreaking and tender.
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Memory & Music
The more time I spent listening and remembering, the more I realized that Prince’s music was the touchstone for some of the most pivotal times in my adolescence and young adulthood.
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I am More
I am more than a body with an illness. An exploration of recovery and self-perception.
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The Rare Side Effects of Being Alive
Each day should come with a label, like the pieces of extraneous paper the pharmacy hands out with medication or those horrible televised commercials from Big Pharma.
